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noun

Usually orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin of ort

1400–50; late Middle English; cognate with Low German ort, early Dutch oorete; compare Old English or- out-, ǣt food (see eat)

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Related Words for ort

atom, butt, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment

Examples from the Web for ort

Historical Examples of ort

I'd ort to shoot yo' daid right wher' yo' at—an' mebbe I will.
The Gold Girl
James B. Hendryx
They ain't finished as they ort to be, and I would not wear 'em.
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Various
It helps to make me fergit what I was and to brace up an' be what I ort.
Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel
Stanley R. Matthews
"Well, they ort to, that's all I got to say," said Aunt Pilcher doubtfully.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.
E. Rameur
I don't run no 'dollar you got, dollar you didn't get, an' dollar you ort to got' outfit.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps
James B. Hendryx

Word Origin and History for ort

"remains of food left from a meal," mid-15c., probably cognate with early Dutch ooraete, Low German ort, from or-, privative prefix, + etan "to eat" (see eat (v.)). Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word.